Atlantic Refit Center is now the only shipyard on the west coast of France able to welcome superyachts up to 140m in length, thanks to the recently signed six year contract with the Port Authorities. Also, in order to strengthen its commercial team, Atlantic Refit Center have recently welcomed Patricia Pontis as Head of Commercial Sales.
French Atlantic Refit Center has won the ‘Atlantic Yachting Shipyard’ competition. The superyacht refit company was launched by the Atlantic Port of La Rochelle in October 2013, and has worked on the refit of such outstanding vessels as the 72m mega yacht Enigma (ex Norna).
The inaugural Biscay 2012 Offshore Race organised by Royal Southern Yacht Club is open entries.
The new layout of the boat show has obtained unanimous agreement from the exhibitors and the visitors. Only a few changes at the margin should be […]
The Grand Pavois, international in-water boat show, will be held from 14 to 19 September 2011 at the Port des Minimes in La Rochelle. More than 850 exhibitors are expected on 100,000 m2 of exhibition space. 300 boats will be exhibited afloat among 700 presentations at the show. Thematic spaces for all visitors and Bulgaria – City of Varna as the guest of honour at the 39th edition. “The one for real fans”, the Grand Pavois, offers a unique opportunity to try the boats at sea before purchasing. The Grand Pavois is placed in the Top 5 international boat show afloat.
The Grand Pavois International In-water Boat Show will be held from the 14th to the 19th of September 2011 at the Port des Minimes in La Rochelle, France. After Tahiti and her islands in 2010, Bulgaria – City of Varna will be the 2011 Grand Pavois guests of honour.
Five international skippers in the VELUX 5 OCEANS blasted across the start line beginning a 30,000-mile adventure around the globe.
The beautiful tallship Belem, one of France’s most famous boats is a majestic three-masted tallship that was welcomed to the VELUX 5 OCEANS race village in La Rochelle.
Christophe Bullens has confirmed he expects to be on the start line of the VELUX 5 OCEANS after securing a new boat the Eco 60 Artech just five days before the start of the 30,000-mile solo round the world race.
The VELUX 5 OCEANS race village in La Rochelle opened today, the 17th of October. The race village is the largest in the VELUX 5 OCEANS’ 28-year history and 8 days of festivities are planned to celebrate race.
Christophe Bullens and his team are working hard to find a new Eco 60 for the start of the VELUX 5 OCEANS in one week. Christophe Bullens yacht Five Oceans of Smiles was cruelly dismasted on the way to La Rochelle earlier this week.